Policy

R&D Tops Procurement in Air Force’s 2024 Budget Proposal

Meanwhile, the Space Force is requesting $30 billion in 2024, $3.7 billion above last year’s enacted budget.

  • Audrey Decker
Policy

The Pentagon’s 2024 Budget Proposal, In Short

The spending plan includes $315 billion to develop and buy new weapons.

  • Marcus Weisgerber
Policy

Air Force Abandons New F-35 Engine in Favor of Upgrades

If approved by Congress, it’s a win for F-35 engine maker Pratt & Whitney and a blow to General Electric.

  • Audrey Decker
Business

Biden Ditches Trump’s Air Force One Paint Scheme For Classic Blue-and-White

But the new jets won’t have any polished metal.

  • Marcus Weisgerber
Policy

Biden’s $842B Pentagon Budget Proposal Would Boost New Weapons

The spending plan also proposes industrial-base investments.

  • Marcus Weisgerber
Policy

Where Will Space Command Land? Expect a Decision ‘Fairly Soon’

Air Force secretary says Colorado-vs.-Alabama choice is imminent.

  • Audrey Decker
Policy

Air Force Must ‘Reintroduce’ Itself to America, Recruiting Service Commander Says

Maj. Gen. Ed Thomas says “declining familiarity with who we are” partly to blame for recruiting problems.

  • Audrey Decker
Threats

Today's D Brief: Undersea cables cut near Taiwan; China fears Starlink; USAF budget preview; Missile test over Pacific?; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
Policy

Air Force Wants Faster A-10 Retirements

21 Warthogs are going away this year, and service leaders hope Congress will allow more.

  • Audrey Decker and Marcus Weisgerber
Policy

Air Force Wants More Planes Faster—Plus a Thousand Drone Wingmen

The service secretary previewed the 2024 budget request.

  • Audrey Decker
Policy

Air Force Slashes ‘Bridge Tanker’ Buy, Sets Deadline for Clean-Sheet Aerial Refueler

Stealthy new tanker jet should arrive in the 2030s, service’s top weapons buyer says.

  • Marcus Weisgerber
Threats

State of the Air Force and Space Force 2023

Training airmen to act more autonomously—and gearing up for more autonomous systems.

  • Jennifer Hlad
Science & Tech

DARPA To Launch High-Speed, No-Runway Aircraft Program

Will it be a helicopter? A seaplane? Or a whole new thing?

  • Patrick Tucker
Defense Systems

Could the Pentagon Use a Little ChatGPT?

The Air Force’s top tech leader said the AI technology, or something like it, could help “rapidly pull together information” such as figuring out who’s in charge of an organization.

  • Lauren C. Williams
Threats

Today's D Brief: Lawmakers talk Ukraine oversight; Russia discourages future aid to Kyiv; China security issues hit primetime; USAF fires two Minot officers; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad
Ideas

How the West May Have Helped Build China’s Spy Balloons

Beijing has long pursued aerostat technology, even enlisting French and American firms to help.

  • Thomas Corbett and Peter W. Singer
Threats

Today's D Brief: Pentagon shoots down 3 flying objects; Austin, Milley to Europe; Army explains recruiting hurdles; DOD cyber strategy coming soon; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad
Threats

US Shoots Down ‘Objects’ Off Alaska Coast, Over Canada, Lake Huron

White House was worried object on Friday posed “potential hazard to civilian air traffic.”

  • Patrick Tucker
Ideas

Stop Holding Recruits to One-Size-Fits-All Standards

Yesterday’s approach won’t solve today’s recruiting crisis—or win tomorrow’s wars.

  • Lt. Cmdr. Stewart Latwin and Lt. Col. Ernest Cage
Threats

Some Ospreys on Flight Restrictions Pending Part Replacement

U.S. military limiting the lifespan of a gearbox part to address V-22 hard clutch incidents.

  • Caitlin M. Kenney
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